# Accident 20250407004429A: Piper PA-28-161, Ault, CO, April 7, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2025, 09:10 local time
- Place: Ault, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7249° N, 104.6222° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7249&lon=-104.6222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8282V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8282V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 33,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250407004429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PRACTICING SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. FLAPS WERE RETRACTED TOO QUICKLY RESULTING IN HARD GROUND IMPACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN25LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA146), Apr 7, 2025: Piper PA28 (N8282V), Ault, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain terrain clearance during an attempted go-around, which resulted in a collision with a fence post.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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